TOWNSKM) AM) WKIMOHK : IIIK HIKDS. 199 



aiiKUint in fcinaU-s than in inalrs. Tin- frnialr specimen has no 

 loeiility in»licate<l on its h»l)el, l)Ut from ii^ <-((Ioratioii is ideiiiiCud as 

 lu'loiif^in^ with(uit (loul»t to this f(»rm. 



.")(). IIaixyon sa(ka vitiensis (Peale). 



Dacelo titiensis PcaJc, V. S. explur. cx|M'{|., ISIS, 8. p. 1 oG. ( Vcima-levu, Feejee 

 Islands). 



One female referred to this form was taken at Kaml)ara in the Fiji 

 Ishmtls, 7 Deeemlter. Birds e\amine<l from tlie Fiji Ishmds dilfer 

 constantly from sj)e<'imens in the Tonj^a Gronp in having the dark 

 band on the hind nivk bhick, or with only an admixture of blue. In 

 Tonga Island birds this band is entirely blue. Fijian birds too appear 

 to be constantly smaller. Measurements of the bird taken on Kam- 

 bara are a^ follows : — 



w,,. >n .. Culmen from, 



No. Sex Wing Tail ^J^ 



U. S. N. M. 212,338, 9 93.0 65.5 42.5 



51. ToDiRH.\MPHUS RECURViROSTRis Laffcsnaye. 



Todiramphus recurnrostris Lafresnaye, Rev. zool., 1842, p. 134. ("in irLSulis 

 Maris Australis"). 



A single bird (sex not marked) was taken at Upolu in the Samoan 

 Islands. 



52. ToDiRHAMPHUs TUTUS (Gmelin). 



Alcedo tuia Gmelin, Syst. nat., 1788, 1, pt. 1, p. 453. (Tahiti). 



Five specimens were collected at Bora Bora in the Society Islands, 

 17 November. An immature male has the feathers of the upper 

 breast bufTy, with blackish cross bars forming a dark band across the 

 breast. Three of the birds taken have the forehead white, while in 

 the other two it is the same color as the crown, with white borders on 

 the feathers. Immature birds are more greenish above than the 

 adults. 



Sharpe has stated (Hist, collections Brit. mus. Birds, 1906, p. 182) 

 that the "Respected" and "Venerated" kingfishers described by 



